SOLID WEEK OF VARIETY
La Paz – Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay/ Suenos Bay Fishing Report for Week of May 6-14, 2024
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN FISHING REPORT
WEATHER: Brrrr…the mornings can sure be chilly and blustery, but then giving way to warm and mostly sunny days in the high 80’s to low 90’s. Getting a big more humid but overall pretty pleasant. The evenings are great.
WATER: Slowly getting warmer, but there’s more cooler water than warm water. The cooler water is keeping species like yellowtail, amberjack and sierra around. If you find the warmer water, that’s where the occasional dorado will be. Surface temps are in the 70’s, but key is that you hit a chilly thermocline about 20-3o feet down that drops the water into the 60’s. Visbility is about 20-30′ underwater.
FISH HOOKED THIS WEEK: yellowtail, roosterfish, rainbow runners, barred pargo, pargo liso, yellow snapper, tuna, cabrilla, sierra, skipjack, bonito, jack crevalle, sheephead, triggerfish, wahoo
LAS ARENAS FISHING: This is where we are seeing the most variety of the fish listed above. If you want a chance at a whole bunch of different species, this is where to fish.
LA PAZ FISHING: Mostly yellowtail (although bigger fish) and some dorado and smaller roosterfish.
FISHING SCALE of 1-10: 5
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ VIDEO REPORT
THE BIG PICTURE and the REST of the STORY…
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Not a bad week at all. Everyone got fish and everyone who wanted to take home fish took home fish! Mornings are a bit chilly, but daytimes are warm and sunny and humidity is starting to come in too.
Overall just a good week on all levels.
Just sorry that I don’t have that many photos this week. I just didn’t get as many from our anglers or, as one amigo told me, “We were too busy catching fish to take photos! Our hands were full!”
Good reason! LOL
Not every boat did good every day. To be honest. But, if one boat was slow one days, they surely made up for it on other days. Most folks fortunately fish with us for several days.
“Bad fishing” is also relative.
Someone might come back and tell me it was slow or bad. I then talk to the captain who tells me they lost about 5 or 6 nice fish. That’s good fishing, but bad catching. And understandably, some of these fish are not only big, but tough and if you’re not used to it, or the conditions, fish will beat you up.
Also, if someone comes back and they were chasing tuna or wahoo all day, well, honestly ,that’s a gamble. You’re not gonna catch them if you don’t try, but it’s also swinging for the fences with ha home run. The fish are there and biting or they aren’t. And it just wasn’t your lucky day. The other boats that went after the more prevalent fish like yellowtail, pargo, cabrilla, etc. did way better because that’s what is actually biting and there are alot more of those fish than the bigger blue water species right now.
All-in-all, there was alot of variety once again.
Maybe over a dozen different species hooked including: yellowtail, roosterfish, rainbow runners, barred pargo, pargo liso, yellow snapper, tuna (big), cabrilla, sierra, skipjack, bonito, jack crevalle, sheephead, triggerfish and even a few wahoo.
But that’s what makes it fun. You really never know what’s going to bite right now if you put a bait in the water.
The highlights included some good-grade yellowtail up to about 30 pounds. Some dorado in the 15-20 pound class as well as some trophy-sized pargo showed up. Really encouraging were the larger roosterfish that finally showed up in the 50-80 pound class. About time!
The dorado are scattered right now and you need to fine the warmer water. The yellowtail are on the surface around Espirito Santo Island. Best deal is to catch live mackerel under the big oil tankers in the bay then head out and drop a mackie into the current!
The tuna and wahoo were hooked at the south end of Cerralvo Island and the bigger roosters were caught near Punta Arenas in roosterfish alley, but there are lost of the smaller 5-10 pounders along many beaches right now.
Mornings are chilly. Bring a light windbreaker or sweatshirt that you can take off when the sun comes blazing later on!
It’s a nice time to be in town!
That’s my story!
Jonathan
755 Paseo Obregon, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico
U.S. Mailing Address: Tailhunter Sportfishing
8030 La Mesa Blvd. #178 La Mesa CA 91942
Phones:
from USA : 626-638-3383
from Mexico: 044-612-14-17863